Professional Graduate Diploma in IT

Awarding Body: The British Computer Society/The Chartered Institute for IT

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About BCS in Brief

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, promotes wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology science and practice. As the professional membership and accreditation body for IT, BCS serves over 70,000 members including practitioners, businesses, academics and students, in the UK and internationally. As a leading IT qualification body, it offers a range of widely recognised professional and end-user qualifications.

Entry Requirements

Generally, students should have BCS Diploma in IT or equivalent or any other relevant qualifications accepted by BCS to begin the Professional Graduate Diploma in IT.

Key Dates

Applications must be received by BCS on or before 15th January for BCS Professional Examinations in April and 15th August for BCS Professional Examinations in October.

Fees

Annual BCS Student Membership: £25
Entire course fee (4 year duration): £40
Examination Fee: £81Per Module
Late entry: £30
Exemption Fee: £27.00Member, Non-member £38.00

Professional Project Submission: £100

Subject to Study

Students must choose four of the following Subjects:

Advanced Database Management Systems
Management Information Systems
Software Engineering 2
Computer Services Management
Distributed and Parallel Systems
Knowledge Based Systems
Network Information Systems
Programming Paradigms
Realising the User Interface
System Design Methods
Web Engineering

In order to finish the Professional Graduate Diploma in IT, students must complete a project.

Assessment

The course culminates in a 3 hour written exam. Please be aware that practical experience is required to answer some parts of the Exam.

NQF Level

BCS Professional Graduate Diploma is a Level-6 Qualification.

Progression

Successful completion of the BCS Level 6 Professional Graduate Diploma in IT is recognised by 36 UK universities as an acceptable qualification for entry onto an MSc course in an IT-related discipline.

Career Opportunity

Successful completion of Professional Graduate Diploma programme will open doors to numerous opportunities for students. It will provide access to employment in roles such as: business analysis, systems design, web site specialism and database administration. It will also increase students’ earning potential.

Course Delivery

This course is delivered face to face on campus. It requires at least 15-18 hours of full-time class attendance per week. Students are required to attend lectures, seminars, revision classes & mock examinations. This course requires some lab practices as well.

Correspondence with BCS

Students must register with BCS in order to sit for any examination. For more information about BCS, examinations & assessment, career opportunity and many others in details, please contact BCS. The contact details of BCS are as follows: